Colossians 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Alive with Christ

For I want^G2309 you to understand^G6063 how^G2245 great^G2245 a struggle^G73 I have^G2192 on^G5228 your behalf^G5228 and for those^G3588 who^G3588 are at Laodicea^G2993, and for all^G3745 those who^G3745 have not seen^G3708 my face^G4383 in the flesh^G4561,

Col 2:2

Col 2:2so that their hearts may be encouraged, having been held together in love, even unto all the wealth of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

Col 2:3

Col 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Col 2:4

Col 2:4I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument.

Col 2:5

Col 2:5For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing [fn]to see your good order and the stability of your faith in Christ.

Col 2:6

Therefore^G3767 as you received^G3880 Christ^G5547 Jesus^G2424 the Lord^G2962, so [fn]walk^G4043 in Him,

Col 2:7

Col 2:7having been firmly rooted and being built up in Him, and having been established [fn]in your faith—just as you were instructed—and abounding [fn]with thanksgiving.

Col 2:8

See^G991 to it that no^G3361 one^G5100 takes^G4812 you captive^G4812 through^G1223 philosophy^G5385 and empty^G2756 deception^G539, according^G2596 to the tradition^G3862 of men^G444, according^G2596 to the elementary^G4747 principles^G4747 of the world^G2889, and^G2532 not^G3756 according^G2596 to Christ^G5547.

Col 2:9

Col 2:9For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily,

Col 2:10

Col 2:10and in Him you have been filled, who is the head [fn]over all rule and authority;

Col 2:11

Col 2:11in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,

Col 2:12

Col 2:12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Col 2:13

Col 2:13And you being dead [fn]in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him, having graciously forgiven us all our transgressions.

Col 2:14

Col 2:14Having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us which was hostile to us, He also has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Col 2:15

Col 2:15Having [fn]disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them in [fn]Him.

Col 2:16

Therefore^G3767, no^G3361 one^G5100 is to judge^G2919 you in food^G1035 and^G2532 drink^G4213, or^G2228 in respect^G3313 to a festival^G1859 or^G2228 a new^G3561 moon^G3561 or^G2228 a Sabbath^G4521 [fn]day—

Col 2:17

Col 2:17things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the [fn]substance [fn]belongs to Christ.

Col 2:18

Col 2:18Let no one keep [fn]defrauding you of your prize by delighting in [fn]self-abasement and the worship of the angels, going into detail about visions he has seen, being puffed up for nothing by his fleshly mind,

Col 2:19

Col 2:19and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and [fn]ligaments, grows with a growth [fn]that is from God.

Col 2:20

If^G1487 you have died^G599 with Christ^G5547 [fn]to the elementary^G4747 principles^G4747 of the world^G2889, why^G5101, as if^G5613 you were living^G2198 in the world^G2889, do you submit^G1379 yourself to^G1379 decrees^G1379:

Col 2:21

Col 2:21“Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”?

Col 2:22

Col 2:22Which [fn]deal with everything destined to perish [fn]with use, which are in accordance with the commands and teachings of men;

Col 2:23

Col 2:23which are matters having, to be sure, a [fn]word of wisdom in [fn]self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.